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The lowest-poverty (most affluent) public middle schools in South Dakota

This ranking covers the lowest-poverty (most affluent) public middle schools in South Dakota, drawn from 65 qualifying public middle schools. Dakota Valley Middle School - 03 leads the list at 12.5%, against a median of 28.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
65
South Dakota
Best % FRL
12.5%
Median % FRL
28.7%
LOWEST POVERTY · SOUTH DAKOTA
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
1Dakota Valley Middle School - 03North Sioux City, SDDakota Valley School District 61-8Middle34512.5%
2Southwest Middle School - 38Rapid City, SDRapid City Area School District 51-4Middle61412.9%
3West Central Middle School - 04Hartford, SDWest Central School District 49-7Middle29713.8%
4Sioux Valley Middle School - 04Volga, SDSioux Valley School District 05-5Middle15614.1%
5Lennox Jr. High - 08Lennox, SDLennox School District 41-4Middle16915.4%
6Dell Rapids Middle School - 03Dell Rapids, SDDell Rapids School District 49-3Middle29515.6%
7Harrisburg North Middle School - 08Sioux Falls, SDHarrisburg School District 41-2Middle53415.9%
8Lennox Intermediate - 09Lennox, SDLennox School District 41-4Middle18516.2%
9Spearfish Middle School - 05Spearfish, SDSpearfish School District 40-2Middle54517.8%
10Brandon Valley Middle School - 02Brandon, SDBrandon Valley School District 49-2Middle75918.3%
11Groton Area Middle School - 04Groton, SDGroton Area School District 06-6Middle13218.9%
12Garretson Middle School - 03Garretson, SDGarretson School District 49-4Middle10519.0%
13Baltic Middle School - 03Baltic, SDBaltic School District 49-1Middle11019.1%
14Elk Point-Jefferson Middle School - 03Elk Point, SDElk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7Middle15119.2%
15Harrisburg South Middle School - 03Harrisburg, SDHarrisburg School District 41-2Middle51920.2%
16Harrisburg East Middle School - 11Sioux Falls, SDHarrisburg School District 41-2Middle42820.6%
17Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07Brandon, SDBrandon Valley School District 49-2Middle82920.6%
18George S. Mickelson Middle School - 02Brookings, SDBrookings School District 05-1Middle78021.5%
19Canton Middle School - 04Canton, SDCanton School District 41-1Middle19421.6%
20Tea Area Middle School - 02Tea, SDTea Area School District 41-5Middle58321.8%
21Beresford Middle School - 03Beresford, SDBeresford School District 61-2Middle15322.2%
22Tri-Valley Intermediate School - 03Colton, SDTri-Valley School District 49-6Middle29622.6%
23Madison Middle School - 02Madison, SDMadison Central School District 39-2Middle27023.3%
24Stanley County Middle School - 02Fort Pierre, SDStanley County School District 57-1Middle10623.6%
25Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02Lead, SDLead-Deadwood School District 40-1Middle13925.2%
26Webster Area Middle School - 02Webster, SDWebster Area School District 18-5Middle10825.9%
27Clear Lake Middle School - 04Clear Lake, SDDeuel School District 19-4Middle10426.0%
28Milbank Middle School - 02Milbank, SDMilbank School District 25-4Middle22226.6%
29West Middle School - 37Rapid City, SDRapid City Area School District 51-4Middle59127.2%
30Custer Jr. High - 05Custer, SDCuster School District 16-1Middle10127.7%
31Stagebarn Middle School - 10Summerset, SDMeade School District 46-1Middle43228.2%
32Hill City Middle School - 04Hill City, SDHill City School District 51-2Middle11528.7%
33Bon Homme Middle School - 02Tyndall, SDBon Homme School District 04-2Middle10828.7%
34Georgia Morse Middle School - 02Pierre, SDPierre School District 32-2Middle67229.0%
35Vermillion Middle School - 02Vermillion, SDVermillion School District 13-1Middle34330.0%
36Hamlin Middle School - 02Hayti, SDHamlin School District 28-3Middle19830.3%
37Memorial Middle School - 04Sioux Falls, SDSioux Falls School District 49-5Middle1,13330.8%
38Holgate Middle School - 02Aberdeen, SDAberdeen School District 06-1Middle49731.2%
39Hot Springs Middle School - 06Hot Springs, SDHot Springs School District 23-2Middle18932.8%
40Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03Hurley, SDViborg-Hurley School District 60-6Middle11434.2%
41Watertown Middle School - 02Watertown, SDWatertown School District 14-4Middle57535.0%
42Patrick Henry Middle School - 07Sioux Falls, SDSioux Falls School District 49-5Middle92535.6%
43Douglas Middle School - 01Box Elder, SDDouglas School District 51-1Middle63337.8%
44Watertown Intermediate School - 13Watertown, SDWatertown School District 14-4Middle53238.5%
45Yankton Middle School - 02Yankton, SDYankton School District 63-3Middle60839.8%
46Mitchell Middle School - 02Mitchell, SDMitchell School District 17-2Middle57840.0%
47East Middle School - 30Rapid City, SDRapid City Area School District 51-4Middle61341.4%
48Mobridge Middle School - 02Mobridge, SDMobridge-Pollock School District 62-6Middle11041.8%
49Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02Sturgis, SDMeade School District 46-1Middle49043.1%
50Ben Reifel Middle School - 68Sioux Falls, SDSioux Falls School District 49-5Middle88544.5%
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